As a director, he started with small experimental animation, often in collaboration with
Jannik Hastrup. He made contributions as a children's author, and in a totally different ballgame, he was co-author of
Anders Refn films such as
Strømer (1976),
The Heritage (1978) and
Black Harvest (1993). Central to Quist Møller's sprawling work stands the cartoon ''
Benny's Bathtub'' (1971) which he wrote the script for and directed together with Jannik Hastrup. It was selected by the
Danish Ministry of Culture in 2006 as one of the
ten most important Danish films ever. The film about a boy's colorful dream life in a modern apartment building is a musical satire of regimentation and an appeal to the playful imagination – characteristics include Quist Møller's work in many fields. In 1971 he and Hastrup received
Danish Film Critics Association's
Bodil Honorary Award for ''Benny's Bathtub''. The charming
Jungledyret Hugo (1993), which he both wrote and co-directed, was so successful that there were two sequels:
Jungledyret Hugo 2 – den store filmhelt (1996) and
Jungledyret Hugo 3 – fræk, flabet og fri (2007). The drawing style had become rounder, and his tone more family friendly.
Cykelmyggen og Dansemyggen (2007) is based in the same musical legend style upon Quist Møller's own children's books about
Cykelmyggen Egon. Quist Møller was a percussionist in
Bazaar with
Peter Bastian and
Anders Koppel. In 1994 Quist Møller received a
Bodil Honorary Award for his total stake in Danish film. He died from a heart attack on 31 January 2022 in
Copenhagen at the age of 79. == Filmography ==